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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Didja See? Usain Bolt lowers 100m AND 200m World Records (video)

Usain Bolt lowered his Men's 100m world record by an astounding .11 seconds in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, then dominated the 200m four days later with a 19.19 second world record. Seventeen years had passed between Carl Lewis running the 100m in 9.86 seconds in 1991 and Usain Bolt going .14sec faster in May 2008, but he's already chopping it down by huge amounts. The scientists who predicted man couldn't run that fast for another 20 years are going back to the books.

My only complaint is Bolt gets all the attention and then a guy like Bekele wins his 10,000 meter title, 4th straight (6th straight if you count Olympics) and has never lost a 10,000 in his life but gets almost no press!

The 10,000 meter world record change (on a % improvement basis) since 1991 is actually a bigger drop then the 100m dash world record change over the same period!

BERLIN – Usain Bolt has set a world record of 19.19 seconds in the 200 meters at the world championships, adding to the gold he won in the 100.

Exactly one year after taking gold at the Beijing Games with a record of 19.30, Bolt had an even greater run Thursday. He shaved 0.11 seconds off his previous mark, as he did in setting the record in the 100 on Sunday.

Alonso Edward of Panama was second, a distant 0.62 seconds behind. Wallace Spearmon of the United States took the bronze.

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